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Comments on MetaFilter post The other side of YouTube.Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:23:17 -0800Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:23:17 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60The other side of YouTube.http://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouTubePoop">TVTropes</a> calls it a "Neo-Dada art form consisting of video remixes. . . to confuse, stun or entertain the viewer". A recent <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_xq9Jzwhi8&list=UUho8y4JpgaFaCp3M7Al8_Cg">top ten list</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/KevinTAckerman">more here</a>) fills the gaps of that description with ample WTF, which is almost too appropriate for a video genre that first garnered attention as a misdirection troll. <br /><br />Youtube Poop (or YTP) first started subverting viewers' expectations in 2004 when "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suSSdHr8sog">I'D SAY HE'S HOT ON OUR TAIL</a>" made its way onto the internet. It wasn't until 2007, however, that the the term YouTube Poop came to prominence, not so incidentally overlapping with YTP's first boom in popularity. These days, bolstered by an active <a href="http://youchew.net/forum/">forum</a> and <a href="http://youchew.net/wiki/index.php?title=Chewiki">wiki</a>, YouTube Poop has seen many changes and innovations, having even spawned sub-genres, most notably <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DKaMEdBmo">the YTPMV</a>.
<small>(Some links have NSFW language and volume bursts)</small>
Foraging for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzm5bpp2pOA">memes</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiOn_C9B4PQ">digesting continuity</a> and evacuating a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=KFyoPY1DhyY">digitally enhanced</a> form of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TlLraBWKMw">fringe psychedelia</a>, YouTube Poop <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=7tTPNi1PCP0">might not be for everyone</a>, but some may find it to be <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPIjdkXIAp4">rich ferilizer</a> at times.post:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:57:29 -0800I've wasted my lifeytppoopyoutubespasticdadaBy: cortexhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152839
I am confused, but I think it's a good kind of confused.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152839Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:23:17 -0800cortexBy: ODiVhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152850
I'm not confused at all. It's been made perfectly clear to me that I'm getting old.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152850Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:28:48 -0800ODiVBy: cmojhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152857
I was gonna take issue with the phrase "Neo-Dada," but some of these could consciously be Dada, and I can't come up with anything better for the ones that aren't.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152857Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:32:50 -0800cmojBy: seanyboyhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152862
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But it just occurred to me... How do these people have so much of, say, Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons memorized to the point where they can call up when the chicken guy says "poopoo?"comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152867Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:37:10 -0800cmojBy: huddershttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152869
I despair. I think part of me might have died.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152869Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:37:45 -0800huddersBy: delmoihttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152871
Eh. There are a million (probably more) incoherent videos on youtube.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152871Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:38:15 -0800delmoiBy: svennihttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152879
That was surprisingly entertaining. Did not thing I'd watch the whole top 10 through.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152879Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:42:41 -0800svenniBy: RobotVoodooPowerhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152894
IIRC the original Dada movement also stemmed from people trying to grief other people.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152894Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:45:52 -0800RobotVoodooPowerBy: Grimp0teuthishttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152910
Numbers 3-1 are quite different from the earlier ones... what actually makes a "good" Youtube Poop? I'm having trouble pinning down why, but #5 and#1 are great, somehow.
<small><small>If that ain't fair use, I dunno what is.</small></small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152910Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:49:11 -0800Grimp0teuthisBy: sparkletonehttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152945
These remind me of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezsy3OSy1fU">jandrew edits</a> of TNG.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152945Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:02:33 -0800sparkletoneBy: lubujacksonhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152954
Fascinating to see the concept of "remixing" to take it to this level in video. As much of a mess as a lot of this is, the ease of control over video (and parts of video) is certainly opening up new modes of expression.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152954Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:08:17 -0800lubujacksonBy: EmGeeJayhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152957
Needs more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUcHfiDaZ-U">Muppets.</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152957Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:11:38 -0800EmGeeJayBy: minifigshttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152958
Like all good art, I don't know how one would even begin to start to consider making one of these.
Watching that was like anti-meditation, it bludgeoned the senses and forced everything else out of my head leaving me empty and refreshed.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152958Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:12:52 -0800minifigsBy: ph00dzhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152965
Uhhh... what?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152965Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:18:00 -0800ph00dzBy: I've wasted my lifehttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152972
<em>But it just occurred to me... How do these people have so much of, say, Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons memorized to the point where they can call up when the chicken guy says "poopoo?"</em>
Given how disconnected the art feels, it's shocking how robust and detailed the wiki is. The page on <a href="http://youchew.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Poopisms">Poopisms</a> gives a good overview methods common to the genre. To directly answer your question, however, the Sonic cartoon was a common source for early YTPs, so that footage has been mined quite extensively for provocative material.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152972Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:21:57 -0800I've wasted my lifeBy: xtianhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152980
Is this some kind of Oxymoron:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_animation"> Limited animation</a> cartoons based on toys edited with a<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheQuincyPunk"> punk</a> aesthetic?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152980Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:26:28 -0800xtianBy: roger ackroydhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4152987
Pretty sure this is what it feels like to be possessed by Pazuzu.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4152987Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:29:33 -0800roger ackroydBy: gusandrewshttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153057
Thanks for the history and background, I've wasted my life - I've been trying to feel out where the head of this ouroboros was.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153057Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:10:55 -0800gusandrewsBy: obvioushttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153073
<i>Watching that was like anti-meditation, it bludgeoned the senses and forced everything else out of my head leaving me empty and refreshed.</i>
Same here, but I wish there weren't so many overt jokes interrupting the barrage. All the comprehensible parts have to go before we can arrive at a pure expression of What.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153073Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:24:36 -0800obviousBy: Mikohttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153097
Okay!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153097Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:44:40 -0800MikoBy: goodnewsfortheinsanehttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153118
I <small>just</small>. want TO say, <b>I</b> donotunder <small>STAND</small>. this. POSTcomment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153118Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:52:45 -0800goodnewsfortheinsaneBy: frecklefaeriehttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153135
I love it!
Things just don't always have to make sense... and sometimes, you find truth in the absurdity.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153135Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:11:45 -0800frecklefaerieBy: Nomytehttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153231
MetaFilter: what it feels like to be possessed by Pazuzu.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153231Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:22:09 -0800NomyteBy: IvoShandorhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153312
I've come across this stuff before. It is . . . something.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153312Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:31:10 -0800IvoShandorBy: melt awayhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153523
Love it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153523Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:59:47 -0800melt awayBy: whuppyhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153669
I knew Brony remixes were a gateway to <b>something</b>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153669Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:28:15 -0800whuppyBy: MCMikeNamarahttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153871
I love this for some reason I don't understand. I think it is best explained by this statement:
I love living in the future, but lately, I am still in the present, which is now, for some, the past.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153871Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:30:40 -0800MCMikeNamaraBy: cortexhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4153880
I feel like if there's a magic box with a dial on it, and you feed some cartoon stock footage and some live action stock footage into it, and you turn that dial up to maybe 3 or 4, you get Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Then somebody fucked up and turned it up to 11 and here we are.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4153880Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:35:47 -0800cortexBy: speedohttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4156245
I think <i>Tim &amp; Eric Awesome etc.</i> inhabit a point along this spectrum somewhere, too.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4156245Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:28:48 -0800speedoBy: barrett caulkhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4160640
My first exposure to the genre: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ymihv6_ahw">You are already subscribed to BILL COSBY</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4160640Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:06:58 -0800barrett caulkBy: IvoShandorhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4164578
<i>My first exposure to the genre: You are already subscribed to BILL COSBY </i>
Muy fabuloso! Mine too.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4164578Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:09:15 -0800IvoShandorBy: not_on_displayhttp://www.metafilter.com/112083/The-other-side-of-YouTube#4185979
I got my Master's in TV Production at Boston University. This is what I would have loved to do and get graded for while I was there. However, all their editing equipment was still analog, and I had "real" projects to do, a job to hold down, a new baby, and ... well, not enough time to create my dada masterpiece out of all the used 3/4" tape that was floating around the top floor of the COM building.
I am glad the technology has provided the time, and the internet has provided a place for dada'ers to dada their dada.
Da-DAAAAAAcomment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.112083-4185979Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:14:59 -0800not_on_display